The Impact Investing and Advisory Board (EYDK), the first and only national advisory board focused on impact investing in Türkiye, has been working since its inception to facilitate the development of impact investing and build an impact investing ecosystem that fosters sustainable growth in Türkiye. In achieving this goal, it carries out selfless work addressing all dimensions of ‘impact’ together with leading institutions and organizations from the public, private and non-profit sectors and represents Türkiye in global impact investing networks. The work we carry out in cooperation with IC Holding, a partner for sustainable development and also a founding member of our organization, accelerates the growth and strengthening of the impact investing ecosystem. IC Holding’s innovative approach and visionary leadership play a crucial role in this process. The process allows us to witness the first steps of Türkiye’s transition to an ‘impact-driven’ economy, and the inclusive, innovative and visionary steps taken by our pioneering members such as IC Holding enable us to take key action in creating social, environmental and economic value by raising awareness on the concept of impact and impact investments in our country. We will continue to cooperate for a better world in line with our shared vision.
TUĞÇE SÖĞÜT
Secretary General, EYDK
The educational scholarships that Mr. İbrahim Çeçen, IC Holding Chairman, started to provide personally in 1984, started to meet with students in a more institutionalized structure with the establishment of the IC İbrahim Çeçen Foundation in 2004. Our foundation continues its activities in the fields of education, health, sports and cultural development.
Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, which was established in 2007 in Ağrı, one of the frontier provinces of our country, and honorably bears the name of İbrahim Çeçen, a philanthropist businessman who is a volunteer for education, is a higher education institution that prioritizes raising qualified young people who will take part in the future of our country.
As BCSD Türkiye, we have been working for 20 years to guide the business world to realize their green transformation goals in their sustainable development journey.
As Sustainability Academy, we work as an information, cooperation and communication center to be effective together with all stakeholders to shape a better future in the business world, to grow the impact together and to accelerate change and transformation.